This book: covers the essential content in the new specifications in a rigorous and engaging way, using detailed narrative, sources, timelines, key words, helpful activities and extension material helps develop conceptual understanding of areas such as evidence, interpretations, causation and change, through targeted activities provides assessment support for A level with sample answers, sources, practice questions and guidance to help you tackle the new-style exam questions. It also comes with three years' access to ActiveBook, an online, digital version of your textbook to help you personalise your learning as you go through the course - perfect for revision.

This book: covers the essential content in the new specifications in a rigorous and engaging way, using detailed narrative, sources, timelines, key words, helpful activities and extension material helps develop conceptual understanding of areas such as evidence, interpretations, causation and change, through targeted activities provides assessment support for A level with sample answers, sources, practice questions and guidance to help you tackle the new-style exam questions. It also comes with three years' access to an ActiveBook, an online, digital version of your textbook to help you personalise your learning as you go through the course - perfect for revision.

Collins Key Stage 3 History is an exciting, accessible new series focussed on ensuring that all pupils make clear, measurable progression at Key Stage 3 - whether it is a 2 or a 3 year course. Collins KS3 History is a brand new series, ideal for building key historical and functional skills. Featuring differentiated pupil books with ready-made APP opportunities this flexible package will get your students excited about history. Grab pupils' attention with engaging content that builds key historical skills and helps students to understand the links between events, time periods and locations Save time with resources to support your teaching of a 2 or 3 year course, fully matched to the 2008 Key Stage 3 Programme of Study Cover each assessment Focus in a meaningful and accessible way - using this flexible package as a series of one off lessons ot as a longer programme Ready made APP opportunities are included to help you gather and review evidence of pupils' progress in each Assessment Focus. Track progress and improve performance with 'check your progress' summaries and end of chapter 'level boosters' to help pupils see the level they are working at and visualise what they need to do to progress

A comprehensive AS and A-level History text on Europe in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, written by experienced teachers who are also examiners. Includes historical interpretations, document source questions, explanation of difficult words and concepts and a study skills section for exam preparation. 1) Europe 1870-1991: a synoptic assessment 2) The Consolidation of Russian Conservatism 1855-1894 3) Germany under Bismarck 1871-1890 4) Wilhelmine Germany, 1888-1918 5) The Crisis of Russian Autocracy 1894-1914 6) The Causes and Course of the First World War 7) The Russian Revolution 1917-1924 8) The USSR under Stalin 1924-1941 9) Italy 1870-1943 10) Germany, 1918-1945 11) The Twenty Years Truce: International Relations, 1919-1939 12) The Second World War 13) Europe and the Cold War, 1945-1991 14) The Development of Western Europe, 1945-1991 Further Reading Index